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Great Dane Trailers during production, the axle nut retaining clips may not have been properly seated or may have been omitted from the axle assemblies.

NHTSA campaign 15V-649 · Reported October 13, 2015 · 1,971 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Great Dane Trailers
VEHICLES AFFECTED
1,971
REMEDY
Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to verify that the axle nut retaining clips are properly installed, correcting them as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Great Dane Trailers reported a problem with the axle non-powered axle assembly. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

During production, the axle nut retaining clips may not have been properly seated or may have been omitted from the axle assemblies.

WHY IT MATTERS

Without a properly seated axle nut retaining clip, the wheel nut may loosen resulting in excessive wheel end play and a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Great Dane will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to verify that the axle nut retaining clips are properly installed, correcting them as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 15V-649.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
—See NHTSA record 15V-649

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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